Improvement in fences



f C@ lllll @mit I i THOMAS o. ,ooL-I'JINs-or LITTLE nooKuooKINaoHm.

Letters raam; No. 110,899, 1aed January-'10, 1871.

', IMPRQVEMENIT'FENCES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesane.

. struction and arrangement of a fence, any panel of which may he usedas a gate, 'as'will behereinafter.

fully set forth. g In order to enable others skilled in the art to whichmy inventionappertains to make and use the same, I

lwill now proceed t0 describe its construction and operation, referringto the annexed drawing, which represents a perspective view of myfence.. y A Each panel of my fence' is composed of boards, A A, of anysuitable thickness, with posts B B at their. ends, and a'brace, G,running diagonally, as shown.- The posts B. B'need only be about ltwo orthree inches-square, more or less, andextend below the lowest board Afor a short dittancc. At' their upper ends are formed tenons afa-uponwhich are placed the pieces D D. v

G is the base piece, and G the'bearing piece of each brace, both ofwhich are notched, as shown, and slippedonto pins b b. Oneof'these pinsis at ornear the top of one panel, and the other pin at or near the baseofthe adjoinin panel.

The braces thus arranged are reversed at -every v other joint, and bymeans 'of their notches may be changed so that the fence can be made tostand straight up on any kind of ground. If the fence vshould berequired to run up and down hill, by loosening, one end of the-brace Con each panel and pressing on the opposite corners of the panel from theway said brace runs, its lowerpen'd can be adjusted to the next bar,land `then the posts B B -will standstraight.

. Thisfence can be set on any kind of gro'nnd,smooth or. rough, andstand straight up. It can be made straight or crooked.

When crooked it needs no braces.

f 'it is desired to plow clear up to the fence all the. -braces .ca'nbetaken'olf, the ground plowed up to the fence, and then the braces put/onagain.

Each or any panel o'f this fence may be usedfor a ,gate by unho'okin'gthe braces G G.' at each end and raising the piece D off of one lend ofthe panel -intended to be used for a gate, and let' the panel turn inthe piece Dat the otherend. f c.

The piece E nearpthe bottom is no hindrance, it being fastened solid atone end and temporarily or not at all at the other. f

'lhetwo braces` G G', at each joint, are pivoted together-at; theirouter eudsby a pin, e, as shown.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, 'and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

rlhe combination of the panels A B O, pieces DE, braces G G,'and pins bb, all constructed and arranged substantially .as shown and described,ndfor the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that l olai 1n the foregoing I have hereunto set my'handthis 24th day of September, 1870.

` THOMAS O. COLLINS.

Witnesses:

DANIEL NEWELL, ZEBULON O oLLINs.

